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1 January 2007 Helminth Parasites of the Leopard Frog Rana cf. forreri (Amphibia: Ranidae) in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Elisa Cabrera-Guzmán, Virginia León-Règagnon, Luis García-Prieto
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Abstract

The helminthological record of Rana cf. forreri in Acapulco municipality, Guerrero state, Mexico, consists of 19 taxa: 5 digeneans—Catadiscus rodriguezi, Haematoloechus coloradensis, metacercariae of Diplostomidae gen. sp., Mesostephanus sp., and Apharyngostrigea sp.; 2 cestodes—Cylindrotaenia americana and the plerocercoid of Diphyllobothriidae gen. sp.; 2 acanthocephalans—Neoechinorhynchus golvani and the cystacanth of Oncicola sp.; and 10 nematodes—Aplectana incerta, Cosmocerca podicipinus, Foleyellides striatus, Oswaldocruzia subauricularis, Rhabdias sp., and the larvae Contracaecum sp., Serpinema trispinosum, Gnathostoma sp., Physaloptera sp., and Globocephalus sp. Cosmocerca podicipinus and O. subauricularis were the most prevalent and abundant helminth species. The infection parameters for the remaining species ranged from 2.5% to 57.5% for the prevalence, and 1–18.7 for mean intensity.

Elisa Cabrera-Guzmán, Virginia León-Règagnon, and Luis García-Prieto "Helminth Parasites of the Leopard Frog Rana cf. forreri (Amphibia: Ranidae) in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico," Comparative Parasitology 74(1), 96-107, (1 January 2007). https://doi.org/10.1654/4247.1
Published: 1 January 2007
KEYWORDS
Acanthocephala
Acapulco
Amphibia
Cestoda
Digenea
Guerrero
helminths
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